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Title 26 - Infants and Inco...
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Chapter 18 - Child Protection.
Chapter 18 - Child Protection.
Section 26-18-1 - Short title.
Section 26-18-2 - Purpose; precedence of appeals.
Section 26-18-3 - Definitions.
Section 26-18-4 - Applicability of Rules of Juvenile Procedure; allegation and proof of ability to assume custody of child.
Section 26-18-5 - Who may file petition.
Section 26-18-6 - Service of process.
Section 26-18-7 - Grounds for termination of parental rights; factors considered; presumption arising from abandonment.
Section 26-18-8 - Transfer of custody.
Section 26-18-9 - Periodic review of efforts to achieve adoption of child in custody of another after parental rights terminated.
Section 26-18-10 - Authority of one in custody to place child for adoption or consent to adoption.
Section 26-18-11 - Applicability.